The Lord is the only person who can show us the right path

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During the incarnation as Krishna, the Lord asserts His Supreme Nature as and when necessary right from His birth. The entire incarnation teaches us the way to salvation by seeking His feet.

 

Lord Krishna has many names, but as Arjuna's charioteer He is mostly known as Parthasarathy. Partha (son of Pritha) is one of the names of Arjuna and Kunti was originally known as Pritha. Pritha also means the earth and the name Partha can refer to all of us who are born in this earth. The Lord's teaching to Arjuna before the war is thus very pertinent to the whole human race at all times, said Dr. Sudha Seshaiyan in a lecture.

 

When Arjuna had the privilege to choose between Krishna and His army, he rightly chose the Lord, who not merely steered his chariot to safety but also taught him the truths of the Upanishads. Arjuna also faithfully imbibed the essence of what the Lord taught.

 

Arjuna symbolises the dilemma which each one of us face in our day-to-day life. We are all struggling to know the right path as we are generally deluded by the world's attractions and pulls. When engaged in worldly activities with attachment for material gain, we get entangled in the web of samsara. But only when we withdraw from worldly activities and are determined to pursue the path of knowledge, can we transcend samsara. Our ignorance prevents us to choose what is beneficial rather than what is pleasing. Our mind and intellect succumb to the senses that get attracted to the outside world. The Lord is the only person who can help us to overpower the horses (senses) and lead us to the ultimate goal.

 

More than that, the Lord shows that He is a practical exponent of the path of Karma that He taught. His commitment to the task at hand went beyond the demands of driving the chariot with dexterity and with a shrewd grasp of war tactics to taking care of the horses and the chariot as well. It is said that Krishna tended the horses lovingly each evening after the war — bathing their wounds, feeding them and speaking soft words of comfort to alleviate the strain they underwent.

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UTSAVA MURTHY OF LORD SRI MALAYAPPA(VENKATESWARA) WITH SRIDEVI AND BHUDEVI
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The slOka( declared in brahmAnda purAnam and varAha purAnam ) written in Telugu language that you see in the header of this page transliterated to English is:

"vEnkatAdri samam sthAnam brahmAndE nAsti kinchana,
vEnkatEsa samO dEvO na bhUtO na bhavishyati"

which means...
"In this Universe there is no sacred place equivalent to Venkatadri(i.e.,There is no place in the whole Universe which is more auspicious than the hill Venkatachala). There is no God equivalent to Lord Venkateswara neither in the past nor in the future going to be(i.e.,There is no Archa murti (worshippable form) in all the three times (present,past and future) whose glories are comparable to the Lord of Venkatachala)"